At this moment, the jade artifact atop the platform no longer emitted the light it had just given off. After the entrance opened, its brightness slowly began to fade. It no longer shone with that dazzling silver light, but gradually dimmed, as though the jade artifact could store moonlight.
Other than the traces left by the sliding stone platform, nothing else stood out.
After more than ten minutes had passed, there was no longer any strong smell coming from the entrance. Only cold, damp air blew out from within. This also showed that the air inside the entrance was circulating, and anyone entering would not suffocate to death.
Tina looked at the open entrance, then turned to Abel beside her. "Have Tra's men come up!"
Now was the time to put Tra's people to use!
Tra had more than a hundred men under his command. During the earlier battle between Ability Users, they had been completely useless. Even when fighting the middle-aged monk, Tina had called for Tra to attack him, but that had only served as a threat. If they had truly been made to attack an Ability User, they might have been wiped out in an instant, leaving no one alive.
But why call Tra's men up now?
Scouting, searching, and assisting with miscellaneous tasks should not be a problem for them. Besides, Tina's own subordinates were all Ability Users. Having them do such menial work would be rather inappropriate. She had long since assigned these mercenaries to such tasks.
"Captain, should the sentries withdraw and come up as well?" Abel asked. He had just finished assigning Tra's tasks, so naturally, he needed to ask before calling Tra over again.
"Have them all come up," Tina said.
Once they entered the entrance, there would be no point in